Director and Lead Moderator, Leadership Programs
Netflix
Big Sky, Montana
Years of Service: 2020-2030

Lance Matthiesen is currently, Director and Lead Moderator, Leadership Programs at Netflix. He also maintains a consulting firm, Galolenco, that helps organizations create more effective talent recruitment, retention, development/coaching, and advancement strategies; particularly for organizations committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belongingness. Before joining Netflix, Lance was Global Senior Manager, McKinsey Black Network Programs at McKinsey & Co. Previously, he served as vice president of institutional partnerships at Management Leadership for Tomorrow, a career development organization providing skills, coaching, and networking for members of underrepresented communities.

Earlier in his career, Lance spent over 20 years leading commercial teams in the technology and professional services industries. He served on the board of ProInspire in Washington, D.C. and has previously served on the boards of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Community Foundation and Bright Beginnings Daycare in Washington, D.C. He is a longtime Alumni in Admissions volunteer for Bates, and has served on several Class of 1985 reunion committees and on the Alumni Council. He is also a Bates Alumni Mosaic member.

A Benjamin Mays Scholar, Lance majored in economics at Bates. He was a member of the Economics Club and Afro-American Society and DJed at WRBC radio. He also played varsity basketball for three years and served as co-captain. He won the varsity honor award in his senior year and was elected to the College Club (now known as the College Key). He went on to earn an M.B.A. from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and previously served on its Business School Fund Alumni Council.

Lance lives in Big Sky, MT and is married to Tracey Griffin. They have two sons, Logan and Cole.